BABY PTERODACTYL #7

🦅 Pterodactyl 🎨 Cartoon 🕰️ Jurassic 🦅 Flying 🦅

The nest dominates this coloring page: dozens of long fibers coil around each other to cradle a baby pterodactyl dino sitting right in the middle. Its wings are spread just a little, its round eyes and open smile give it a cheerful look, and a small pointed crest tops its head. Tucked into the woven strands are a few loose leaves and fern fronds; the nest rests on a flat rock slab scattered with small stones, flanked by two leafy palm trees, while a volcano puffs smoke in the distance. The nest is the real challenge here - its interlacing fibers break the surface into many small sections that call for a fine-tipped marker and steady patience, in contrast to the dino's body, made of large smooth areas a young child can fill in quickly. The fern fronds and palm leaves sit at an in-between level of detail. Altogether this printable coloring page suits a wide range of ages and takes a solid sitting to finish, mostly spent on the nest. Work the nest fiber by fiber first, shifting between two or three shades of brown so the coils don't blur into a single flat mass, then move on to the pterodactyl's open areas where one color reads clearly. Print this coloring page on 90gsm A4 paper - heavy enough to keep fine-tip marker ink from bleeding through the nest's dense lines.